Joining The Tonight Showon Craigslist is a person claiming to have Conan's high school era 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI. The price? A Pope Car-like $95,000. And good news, according to the poster it runs "like a raped ape."

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Here's all the listing says:

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This sale is for a 1984 VW Rabbit GTI that was owned by Conan O'brien while he was in high school. It has 210k on the clock and runs like a raped ape.

Given even a primo example of a GTI only goes for around $7K it's fair to assume this high-mileage example, despite primate-violating performance, is only going for sale at this price because of the association with the more-popular-than-ever late night host.

There are no photos or details verifying that this car did in fact belong to Conan, though the Rabbit GTI was an early example of a cheap car with great performance, much like the Taurus SHO he still owns.

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Unless Conan scribbled "Zucker Blows" on the dashboard this particular GTI, however fast, is being sold at the height of a ridiculous market and therefore probably not a great investment. (Hat tip to Tom!)

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UPDATE: Maymar points out Conan seems to have graduated from High School in 1981, making us even more dubious about this.